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Dr Jon Robins

NLJ columnist

Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

NLJ columnist

Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

If the Legal Aid Agency is to have a future it should be focused on enabling access to justice not refusing legal aid, says Jon Robins

Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education

The profession’s spontaneous response to Grenfell should be applauded, but demonstrates the dire state of the Law Centres Network, says Jon Robins

Institutional defensiveness plays no part in campaigns for justice, as Jon Robins reports

Will non-lawyer David Lidington cut the mustard as Lord Chancellor? Jon Robins shares a potted political history

Jon Robins returns with some surprising news from UKIP & a justice update from Plaid Cymru & the Lib Dems

In his penultimate election countdown article, Jon Robins reflects on the manifesto pleas from the Bar Council & Chancery Lane

Jon Robins reflects on some absences from the Conservative manifesto & LASPO’s shadow

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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